Stop in, look around, have a drink and crank some tunes. I'll be posting some songs ripped from records, some out of print and hard to find stuff, some songs by artists you should be listening to, and a few mixes here and there.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Volume 4 Is Ready - The Munsters!!!

I have for you Volume 4 of Check The Cool Wax and it's called Famous Munsters of Songland. 63 tracks of Munster goodness. The cover is an obvious nod to the Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine for those that may not know. I've been planning this CD for a long time, and Halloween seemed like a good time to make it. It has been my favorite TV show for a long time. I still laugh out loud. Here is a collection of themes, sound bytes, TV spots, trailers and random tracks from albums. A big thank you to some of you out there that may have unknowingly donated to this mix. I have a couple of tracks on here that I've downloaded from others over the years and have no way of knowing where they came from. Enjoy everyone and Happy Halloween!

10.17.07 OK everyone. I've switched the file host to RapidShare. Tell me how this one is. I didn't realize that FileHo changed the way they do things and use an .exe installer.

10.17.07 Part 2. Switched to MediaFire.10.17.07 Artwork now posted.

10.18.07 Fixed Part 1 - Did it work?

10.18.07 I had to break part 1 into 2 parts...
11.28.07 Download links fixed again

58 comments:

I was really, really looking forward to this download. Too bad about the Internet Explorer requirement (which is weird) and the installation of an .exe (which leaves out all the Mac users). Sigh, I'll have to pass on this, too.

Well, I'd have to agree that friendly files isn't very friendly. I used IE, scanned & installed the .exe and still couldn't get it to download. If I ask nicely, would you please try another provider? I use Mediafire on my blog shares and it doesn't seem to get any complaints. Thank you.

Thanks for switching back to Rapidshare. I really recommend either hyperfileshare.com or mediafire.com, both of which allow big uploads and fast downloads without the limits that rapidshare imposes on free users. Mediafire even allows two or more files to be downloaded simultaneously.

THANK YOU FOR BEING DIFFERENT AND USING mEDAFIRE. I AM SICK OF RAPIDSHARE. THE DOWNLOADS ARE GETTING SLOWER FROM THERE OVERWORKED SERVERS.lOVE THE MUNSTERS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST MIX ANYONE HAS EVER MADE. THANKS VINCE

Hey there, I'm looking forward to hearing this and thanks for all the other fantastic shares. I'm having trouble downloading Part 1 from mediafire, could you please tell me if the rapidshare link is still available and where I might find it? Thanks, Ben.

thank you so much for the amazing compilation. i've owned the complete series of the munsters on dvd for a while & the "munsters at home" lp. i'm so glad to have all these marvelous tracks on my computer now!

i downloaded everything into itunes and organized it according to the track listings in the artwork, however, i don't know what bumper music goes with what season. this is where my anal retentaveness kicks in & i just really wanted to put the appropriate track listing with the bumper music.

I gotta say, this is a FANTASTIC piece of work. I bet it took quite a while to put this together? The Munsters along with "The Addams Family", Bewitched" & "I Dream Of Jeannie" are some of my all time favorite shows. I must have missed Volumes 1-3 somehow 'cos I sure would have snatched those as well. How do you do all the artwork and music & stuff 'cos this looks and sounds so professional? How ever you do it, keep up the great work & thanks. P.S. The uploads worked good for me.

Thanks for this great compilation! But can anyone tell me how to get the artwork to print in the proper dimensions for a CD jewel case? I've never been able to do this successfully for creations such as this. Thanks!

I alwasy find that 800 X 800 is about the right size. But to get it to print that way you need to have something that will print in 100%. I use my wife's Hallmark Greeting card program to print mine because you can set the window at 100%, and measure right on the monitor screen with a ruler to make sure it fits.

The BESt way to print a CD or jewel case cover is to simply use the free program CoverXP...it has many different templates for audio CD discs and DVD's, as well as various types of jewel cases, DVD keep cases, etc. You simply load the image you have or create into the program and it AUTOMATICALLY sizes it to fit the jewel case or slim case once it's printed and you cut it out....you can therefore have a very LARGE image so when it prints down it will look really good and sharp.

Hello Brainwerk. Sorry to place this message here in the comments, but I couldn't find an email address for you. I've been a fan of Check The Cool Wax for a year now, and now I've started my own blog. It's not a music sharing blog, but I hope you find it fun nonetheless. It's called Me and You and a Blog Named Boo, and you can find it here:

http://meandyouandablognamedboo.blogspot.com

I've included Cool Wax in my favorite links section. I welcome constructive criticism, as I'm new at this. I hope you like it!

Hey, love all the series so far; and am REALLY excited over this one. But, MediaFire isnt' connecting and it's not allowing me to download it. Shame, I've always loved The Munsters; and am looking forward to hearing it.I'm in Minneapolis, too; let's do coffee or a beer some time!kennethleemcdaniel@yahoo.com